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When Young Adults Find Spiritual Fatherhood

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Saint Dads: Holy Men Who Were Fathers

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Being a Father, Becoming a Saint

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Pray so as to witness to Christ, Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV encouraged pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus address (video).to pray so as to witness to Christ.

Pope recalls World Refugee Day, greets Catholic-Pentecostal dialogue participants (CWN)

At the conclusion of today’s Angelus address (video), Pope Leo recalled World Refugee Day and the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

Our Father Is Faithful in All Seasons

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Jun. 21 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday

From today's Gospel: Jesus said to the Twelve: "Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. (Matt 10:26-28).

Meet the Couple Behind ‘Our Catholic Kitchen’

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Shalom Catholic Community's founder discusses charism with Pope (Shalom Catholic Community)

Moysés Azevedo, founder and moderator of the Shalom Catholic Community, met with Pope Leo XIV on June 19.

Azevedo “presented to the Holy Father aspects of Shalom life and charism, as well as some of the main initiatives carried out by the Community in favor of the evangelizing action of the Church, with emphasis on the work aimed at youth and human promotion,” the community said in a statement.

Members of the community, according to the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, “feel united by the call to be disciples and ministers of peace, on a journey of contemplation, unity and evangelization, marked by spousal love for Jesus Christ and an experience of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.”

Founded in Brazil in 1982, the community attained Vatican recognition as an international association of the faithful in 2007.